3 Weeks Left and Counting!

37 Weeks!

Jenny & Jack due in March, Matt and I due in February, and Andrea & Christian due in August!!

Jack & Jenny's Baby Shower!

Happy Full Term Baby! We have officially met the "full term" point in our pregnancy and it is such a wonderful feeling that the last 37 weeks have not only flown by but our little girl has grown healthily and quickly in such a short time! "Full term" means that if she arrives now, her lungs should be fully mature and ready to adjust to life outside the womb, even though our due date is still three weeks away. Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. We are dying to meet her and I can't help but wonder about all of these little things...if she'll have hair that is more like Elvis or if she'll be sporting only peach fuzz!! Will her eyes be blue/green like mine or hazel like Matt's....or something completely different. I know no matter what that she will be the most beautiful thing Matt and I have ever set our eyes on.

When I think about the fact that I have been pregnant for 9 months and a week it is almost surprising because the majority of my pregnancy has seemed to fly by....the last weeks of the pregnancy have been the hardest...physically and emotionally. Everyone tells you this early on in the pregnancy but I really did not believe them because I have felt so fabulous the whole time and I couldn't imagine feeling badly!

This past weekend, Wendy, Stacie and I threw a coed baby shower for our good friends Jack & Jenny who are expecting a little girl on March 27th. It was so fun to watch them open all of the adorable pink goodies for their little one and watch all of the guys oooh and aaah over the tiny outfits...heehee. Christian & Andrea were also there, who are expecting August 25th, and we are all hoping they have a boy to keep the human race going. Everyone we know is having a girl!!!

Sleeping has become a circus act these days. I go to sleep with 4 pillows...throw two off by 12:30am on my first bathroom break....pull them back up and resituate at 1:20am on 2nd bathroom break and so on for the rest of the night at each hour. My last bathroom break is at 6:45am usually....then the alarm goes on 30 minutes later and it's up for work! Ugh....Fun routine :) The girls at work keep telling me how cute of a pregnant person I am and I truly appreciate their dishonesty right now because those dark circles under my eyes can only be covered up with so much powder!! Pretty soon I'll be wearing so much makeup that I'll look like a pregnant drag queen.

Our weekly doctor's appointments have gotten much more interesting and Matt and I really look forward to them. Yesterday, Dr. Spoon did a test called the Strep B test to make sure that I do not carry the Strep B bacteria that could be passed on to the baby. If I do carry this bacteria, they will have to administer antibiotics during my labor to protect the baby. During my exams, Dr. Spoon checks the position of the baby's head and my cervix to check on any progress. This week her head has dropped a significant amount...about an inch lower than last week...but my cervix has not dilated much more so we're still right around a 2! We also learned that she is in the 7 lb + range. I will spare you all of the other details that happen in the last weeks of pregnancy...those of you who have had babies you know what I'm talking about. I do think it's funny to explain these things in detail to my hubby just to get a reaction...hahahaha...Barf!

Dr. Spoon would like to watch us for another week or so more and if I haven't gone into labor within that time they will most likely induce me around 39 weeks. The reason to induce is mostly due to her size...he said he would rather me not have a record breaking size child....thanks Doc I appreciate that :)

So, for now, Matt and I are anxiously awaiting her arrival right now. Each day and night we either wake up or go to sleep wondering if today's the day that we'll rush to grab our bags and head to Summerlin Hospital. We're as ready as we'll ever be....and we're almost done with our first journey to become parents!!